Receptacle.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

W. W. STRONG.

REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1905.

WALTER W. STRONG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

nEcEr'rAcLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 30, 1905. Serial No. 280,742.

Patented June 9, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTER W. STRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the count of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventet certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles suitable for bathrooms, and has for its object the production of a receptacle arranged tocontam hot water bag, fountain syrin e, and attachments.

A urther object is to provide such a receptacle as may be ori ina ly used as a package in which the comp ete set may be packed for market, while at the same time when the device is received at the home the receptacle may be attached to the wall by nails or screws or otherwise and be ready for permanent use.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are obtained by my device, an embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view, showing my receptacle open with apparatus in place. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line 2-2 of Fi 1, looking in the direction indicated'by t e arrows. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the receptacle closed and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail, showing a section of my tubing support in perspective.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents' a box, -B the cover thereof, C, C, hinges fastening the cover to the box, and D ameans of locking the cover to the box.

E represents a shoulder, preferably forming an arc of a circle and secured to the upper part of the bottom of the receptacle by screws F, or any other well known means.

G, H, represent hooks or pins, of any desired shape, upon which the syringe'and hot water bag may be'hung.

I represents pins secured to the end of the box farthest from the shoulder E adapted to retain the, various tips for the syringe.

When the device is in use the syringe is preferably attached to the hook G at one side of the shoulder E, and the hot water bag is preferably attached to the hook H, which is preferably located below the shoulder E. .1 1 ,i

The syringe tube is coiled around the shoulder E, which is shown with a curved upper surface e. The syringe K, the syringe tube L and the Water. bag M are shown in place in the box in dotted position.

In the ordinary use of syringes the tube and syringe are either laid away or hung upon a hook in such a manner as to form bends in the tube. These ends soon develop cracks in the tube and render the same useless. By the use of m device the curved upper surface of the shou der absolutely prevents any sharp bend in the tube, and the shoulder itself is sufliciently wide to provide for as many coils of tubing as the length of tuliin may provide. prevent the coils from slipping off from the shoulder.

While the relative position of the different articles is of secondary importance, it will be seen that by suspending the fountain syringe from the in or hook G at1-one side of the shoulder land then carrying the tubing over the shoulder E, the tubing may be disposed in wide coils so as to avoid any sharp bend or kink in the coil of tubing, either at the upper or lower parts of the coi and thus I most effectually avoid the cracking of the tubing, which is such a common source of annoyance resulting from abrupt bends in the tubing, and by roviding the hook H below the shoulder E l utilize the relatively large space within the coil of tubing at one side of the syringe as a storage space for the hot water ba so that I attain the desired wide and gradual coils for the tubing Without unnecessary waste of space.

If the tubing be bent in coils around the Water syringe, while the curved shoulder would revent abrupt bends in the u per turns of the tubing coil, the lower end 0 the tubing would tend to bend sharply at the point of connection with the fountain syringe, where, as it will be recognized, the tubing in present practice very frequently breaks, and this breaking at that point could not be readily avoided unless an additional mechanical device be interposed to keep the lower end of the tubing in sufficiently wlde curves.

It will thus be seen that if my invention be utilized to its fullest extent it provides a comange, as e, is preferably provided to pact, convenient and attractive package for containing a full fountain syringe set, consisting of a rubber hot water bag, a rubber fountam syringe with tubing and interchan eable ried about while traveling, and yet it is instantl available as a convenient, compact and e cient wall receptacle whenever it is secured to a wall or'other suitable support, and obviously can be manufactured at slight ex ense.

hile I have shown, described and claimed the supporting devices for the hot Water bag, syringe and tubing as attached to the bottom or back of the box, it is obvious that this, is merely a matter of convenient phraseology and that such supports may as readily be attached to the opposite side of the box, which is more conveniently called the front, cover or lid, or in fact to any suitable support.

I claim:

A receptacle for a fountain syringe and hot water bottle, comprising a box, a hook on one wall of the box to support the syringe, a support for the tubing of the syringe arranged laterally with respect to the hook and having the upper side convex and the lower side concave, a flange projecting above the upper surface of the support, and a hook beneath the support arranged so that the curved end of the water bottle when 'sup orted upon the hook will be received under t e concave side of the su port, substantially as and for the" purpose Witnesses:

G. Y. DANKWARD, O. R. BARNETT. 

